Current radiation therapy (RT) planning for limiting lung toxicity is based on a uniform lung
function with little consideration to the spatial and temporal pattern of lung function …

Diseases of the airways such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
involve a complex interplay of many inflammatory and structural cell types, all of which can …

Since the primary function of the lung is gas exchange, ventilation can be interpreted as an
index of lung function in addition to perfusion. Injury and disease processes can alter lung …

Many lung diseases or injuries can cause biomechanical or material property changes that
can alter lung function. While the mechanical changes associated with the change of the …

[en] Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is characterized by diffuse alveolar
damage and resulting from an increased permeability of the alveolar-capillary membrane. Of …

Le syndrome de détresse respiratoire aiguë (SDRA) est caractérisé par des lésions
alvéolairesdiffuses qui résultent d'une lésion de la membrane alvéolo-capillaire entrainant …

PET imaging is an attractive technique to study patients with acute lung injury (ALI) and
acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) because of its non-invasiveness, its potential to …

The old proverb 'seeing is believing'reflects well the promises and challenges of imaging
technologies for biological research: peering through microscopes scientists are now able to …

Neutrophilic inflammation plays a key role in the pathogenesis of acute respiratory distress
syndrome (ARDS) and acute lung injury (ALI). Positron emission tomography (PET) with [F] …

Pulmonary ventilation and perfusion and ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) matching determine gas
exchange in every lung unit in the healthy state and in the pathologically altered lung …